GMAT Verbal › Correcting Preposition Errors
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The young woman had severed all ties with her family after they had shown strong disapproval for her choice to move across the country.
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The girls were always challenging their father's rules for every opportunity.
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Her inquiry about the petroleum cartels in Brazil made her a target of the cartel's harassment.
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Even though we started on the same day, at this point Robert is junior than me in the company.
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She compared the merger with a bloodless coup.
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Sandra felt she had no one to talk to.
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The COO strove to make her habits quite different than those of her predecessor, a change that did not go underappreciated by her subordinates.
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The rumors about the celebrity were the strangest things he ever heard of.
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Though Harun has broken many records, he has not yet broken the record he wants to.
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Angelo had many questions about his new position, but he did not know who he should talk to.